Recruitment

Following on from the brilliant job carried out by the OxjamBrum team in 2011, we are pleased to announce that we will be looking for new volunteers to team up with the best venues and artists in the city (and beyond!) to make this the best OxjamBrum yet.

Applications for our core team members has just opened are now closed – but we will be on the look out for other volunteers from now until October. Interested in getting involved? Drop us a line: oxjam.birmingham@gmail.com

OxjamBrum 2012 offers a fantastic opportunity to be a part of a team who share a passion for music, our city and fundraising for an extremely good cause. There is a heap of experience to be had, new friends to make and a brilliant event to be part of – the UK’s biggest music festival no less.

Hello you. It’s been a while since we posted last. That’s mainly because we’ve been holed up in our underground lair, plotting and planning on how to make OxjamBrum 2012 the biggest and best yet. It was about time we came for air though, and shared an announcement or two with you. Pull up a chair and help yourself to tea and biscuits.

So…we’re dead proud to tell you that the date for this year’s OxjamBrum Takeover Festival is Saturday 13 October 2012. We’ll be returning to our favourite independent venues in Birmingham city centre, as well as working in a few new (and surprise) locations. We’ll also be bringing you, the great music community of the Midlands, another superb selection of the best musical talent this city has to offer alongside some bloody amazing live experiences.

We’re mega excited about the possibilities this fourth festival – bigger and better than before – offers, and in accordance with our ambitious bad selves, our sights and fundraising targets will be set even higher this year. With your help we’d really like to generate a fantastic sum towards supporting the crucial work that Oxfam undertakes across the world.

This means OxjamBrum will be reaching out to new creatives and audiences across the city to offer more music and culture to more people than ever before – and we can’t wait to get chatting with you about potential ideas and collaborations to include in the festival. Why not get in touch?

Lyle and Nicola, OxjamBrum Takeover 2012 Managers x

www.oxjambrum.org.uk
www.facebook.com/oxjambrum
www.twitter.com/oxjambrum

The best festivals can only be run with the help of amazing people, all of whom play will a big part in ensuring the October Takeover festival runs smoothly, raises loads of money and all of this for a really good cause. You’ll receive training from industry professionals and meet lots of like-minded people in the process.

We are also looking for volunteer venue managers, street teams, sound engineers, social media & marketers and many more, so if you think you’d like to be involved in some way – no matter how small – we’d love to hear from you.

To find out more information, please use the contact us section. Full job descriptions will be available on the Oxjam website.

NO BOOKING FEE!! ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO OXFAM. TIMINGS TO FOLLOW SHORTLY

360 // THE CARPELS // YOUNG RUNAWAYS – EP Launch // ROMANS // VIJAY KISHORE // THE BOMBERGS // FREE SCHOOL // THE MONOBLOGGERS // ONE SIXTH OF TOMMY // THE SCHOLARS // GOD DAMN // THE BRITISH KICKS // JAMES REA // JAMIE CLAYTON // CONQUISTADORS // VIOLET // THE MUSGRAVES // MELLOW PEACHES // THE SHARP DARTS // THE MARINER’S NEEDLE // LOUISE PETIT // NEIL WARD // GABRIELLA JONES // THE BLUEBEAT ARKESTRA // EAT Y’SELF PRETTY // JAMIE CLAYTON

PRICE & TICKET DETAILS:

EARLY BIRD TICKETS HAVE NOW SOLD OUT!!

ADVANCE TICKETS, are £6, and are available up until midnight on 14 Oct. These can be exchanged for a Oxjam wristband on October 15th at either the Yardbird Jazz cafe or The Flapper and will allow you entry into all six venues AND the Official Afterparty.

More wristbands will be available on the day at any venue..

We will also be selling raffle tickets, merch, cds, plus other goodies, with all profits going towards our final total.

JUST FANCY GOING TO OUR AFTERPARTY?
Head to Facebook Afterparty for more info.

ADVANCE TICKETS

£6 adv ticket

http://oxjambrum.org.uk/tickets

NO BOOKING FEE!

Tickets are available to over 18s only.

(Daytime events between 2pm and 6pm are not ticketed and have no age restriction)

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Follow us on Twitter at:

www.twitter.com/oxjambrum

Thanks so much for everyone’s support and please spread the word!
Local music, global impact.

Cheers!
The OxjamBrum Team
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Oxfam - http://www.oxfam.org.uk/
Oxjam - http://www.oxfam.org.uk/oxjam

EARLY-BIRD TICKETS ON SALE NOW – ONCE THEY’RE GONE, THEY’RE GONE!

After raising over £6,000 for Oxfam last year, OxjamBrum will once again be Taking Over across Birmingham City Centre. With over 25 acts featuring at 6 venues, including some of the very best in local artists, this year is shaping up to be really special. We are extremely proud to announce 360 are headlining this year, who are fresh from this year’s Glastonbury & Shambala!

Other acts will include: Young Runaways – launching their debut EP: ‘There Is A World Outside’, The Carpels, Violet, Monobloggers, The Scholars, Conquistadors, The Musgraves, One Sixth Of Tommy, Mellow Peaches, The British Kicks, The Sharp Darts, Louise Petit, The One Twos, Free School and Helena Raby, with more still to be announced in the coming weeks.

AND, if that’s not enough, although the Takeover will wind down after midnight – it doesn’t mean you’ll have to go to bed! Head on over to the official Oxjam Afterparty at the newly renovated Birmingham Ballroom (formerly the Academy / Hummingbird) for a very special set by one of Birmingham’s most exciting acts, The Bluebeat Arkestra, with local hero Josh Mooney (Tantrums, Rag & Bone) spinning the best in Indie and Alternative until late in The Other Room.

VENUES

The Yardbird Jazz Club
OFF THE CUFF Curates OxjamBrum @ The Flapper
The Sunflower Lounge
Cafe Blend
Kafe 6/8
Brewsmiths Coffee

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PRICE & TICKET DETAILS:

Early bird tickets are just £4, but there’s only a limited number available so grab ‘em whilst you can!

Advance tickets thereafter, are £6, and are available up until midnight on 14 Oct. These can be exchanged for a Oxjam wristband on October 15th at either the Yardbird Jazz cafe or The Flapper and will allow you entry into all six venues AND the Official Afterparty. (On Sale Soon)

Wristbands can also be purchased on the day at any venue. .

We will also be selling raffle tickets, merch, cds, plus other goodies, with all profits going towards our final total.

JUST FANCY GOING TO OUR AFTERPARTY?
Head to our Facebook event for more info

WE GOT TICKETS

£4 adv ticket – Early Bird Ticket Only
(please be aware there is a 10% booking fee, half of which is being donated to Oxfam by WeGotTickets)

Tickets are available to over 18s only.

(Daytime events between 2pm and 6pm are not ticketed and have no age restriction)

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Full Lineup and Timings will be announced soon!
Bring on October!!!

Come along to our music quiz at The Chameleon bar on Tuesday 13th September for the chance to win a bottle of Champagne and VIP tickets to the OxjamBrum Takeover event in October!

The quiz will kick off at around 7pm and we’ll have rounds to cover a wide variety of musical tastes – there’ll be something here for everyone! It’s just £2 per person to enter and there will be no limit to how many people you can have on a team.

Also the guys at The Chameleon have very kindly invented a delicious new cocktail for the occaision – The Oxjam Berry Blast. Rumour has it just one of these will significantly increase your musical knowledge…

So come down, bring your mates, workmates, brothers, sisters – we’ll guarantee you a great evening and you can help us raise money for Oxjam. Win Win! 

We would really appreciate it if you would spread the word about the Music Quiz amongst your friends, family and colleagues. There’s no tickets but you can check out the Facebook event here to see who can make it.

Location

The Chameleon Bar
1 Victoria Square, Hill Street, B1 1BD
Birmingham, United Kingdom

OxjamBrum is gaining quite a reputation for gigs with a difference. Remember the bus? Well this year we are going one better – an evening of music and entertainment on a barge.

Come and join us as we navigate Brum’s canals starting at the mooring opposite the Canalside Café and travelling along Birmingham’s waterways. We will be making stops and collecting artists along the way.

Tickets are £15 which includes a pre-sail BBQ. Starting at 5pm and finishing back in Brum city centre at 9pm.

We are keeping our wonderful artists under wraps for the moment. However, you can expect the finest local musicians, once in a lifetime performances and a host with the most! Tickets are limited and we expect to sell out pretty quickly. All profits to Oxfam.

Check out the barge: www.centralboatparties.co.uk

Last year’s No11 Bus Gig: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Do4F0SWbw

Mmmmm.... Yummy cakes at Virgin Trains HQ

On June 27th, Alex, Gena, Amy & Emily dashed around the city centre with four trays of Chitty’s tailor-made cupcakes, chatting to the public about Oxjam Brum and the work of Oxfam. The delicious cakes were snapped up within a mere two hours and were particularly enjoyed by the staff at Specsavers, New Street, who were hungry enough to buy two trays just for themselves.

Then on the 30th, Gail and another volunteer from the team, went to Virgin Trains HQ, where you can
see that the cakes were scooped up during a welcome break, alongside some mid-morning tea. Next up, was the Queensgate office block, (where the Oxfam Midlands office is based) and then finally some Jewellery Quarter shops were treated to the last trays of Chitty’s fantastic cakes!

This support has kick started the fundraising for the Oxjam Brum campaign and Rebecca, founder of Chitty’s Cake Company, is really excited to be working with Oxjam Brum and will be providing themed cupcakes for some of their events this summer. A total of £251.96 was raised over the two days, which is an amazing start to the fundraising for the Oxjam Brum Takeover 2011. A massive thank you must go to Chitty’s Cake Company and also to anybody who bought a cake in the shops of the City Centre, the Jewellery Quarter and particularly Virgin Trains, Queensgate and Specsavers.

More info on Chitty’s Cakes Company:- All cakes are tailor made to each customer’s individual
requirements in flavour, design and dietary requirements. Free delivery to Birmingham city centre
had made Chitty’s bespoke cakes really popular for people working in Birmingham, and for a
small charge delivery can be made all over the Midlands. Designs range from simple and classic
to very colourful and quirky – every theme and event can be turned into a cake! The fun website
www.chittyscakecompany.co.uk has more pictures and information.

We’re going to take a ukulele with us and belt out some out-of-tune singing at the top of each one. We’ll also keep you all updated with some Twitter updates, photos and videos on the trip.

We’d greatly appreciate it if you’d like to sponsor us – our target is a rather ambitious £2000, but this could be used to help build a whole classroom (see Oxfam Unwrapped for more info) and £10 education kits to go with it. Please visit our sponsorship page for more information
Stay tuned for more updates and to follow our progress towards the target, please ‘Like Us‘ on Facebook or follow us on Twitter

Thanks,
Alex, James, Andy & The OxjamBrum Team xx

In the meantime, we’re still on the lookout for volunteers, artists and venues who would like to be involved. So if you’d like to get in touch, please give us a heads up via the usual methods. You can contact us via the website here, through twitter @oxjambrum and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/oxjambrum.

Check back for lots more updates soon

Much love,

the OxjamBrum team x